Lisle Design - Solutions for transport

Digidown

With the arrival of digital tachographs according to EU Regulation
3821/85 Annex 1B, there is a requirement to download data from digital
tachograph vehicle units (VUs). In order to do this an
appropriate piece of equipment must be connected to the download
connector on the front of the VU, and then the data within the VU can
be transferred (downloaded) to the download equipment.

The download equipment can be:

A laptop computer with appropriate software

A palmtop computer with appropriate software

A unit explicitly designed for the downloading of digital tachograph
data - the Digidown from Lisle Design.

The Lisle Design Digidown has three controls:

All VU - pressing this causes the Digidown to download all the
data stored in the VU.

Latest VU - pressing this causes the Digidown to download only
the latest data within the VU.

Card - pressing this causes the Digidown to download the data
from the driver card (if any) inserted into the VU.

The control buttons can either have text or symbols on them, as shown above.

During operation the three LEDs by the buttons indicate the progress
of the download activities. The downloaded data is stored in the SD
memory card inserted in the Digidown.

After downloading, the downloaded data may be
transferred to a permanent store and to any appropriate drivers' hours
analysis software package. The data transfer may be carried out
by:

carrying or posting the SD card to the appropriate office and
then reading the data from the card using an SD memory card
reader. A suitable memory card reader is available from Lisle
Design.

connecting the Digidown to a vacant USB port on a suitable
computer and then reading the downloaded files in just the same way
that
files might be read from other memory devices. A suitable USB
lead for this purpose is supplied with the Digidown. When
connected to a USB port in this way the Digidown appears to the
computer as another mass storage device.

Files downloaded by the Digidown are in the precise format specified in
EU regulation 3821/85 Annex 1B Appendix 7 and thus should be readable
by any drivers' hours software package which is otherwise capable of
handling data from digital tachographs.

Three buttons to select VU download type. Three LEDs to show status and progress.

Connects directly to PC’s USB port for easy file transfer.

Benefits

Easy to store, easy to carry, easy to use.

Low cost unit.

User choice of download options.

Memory card removable for storage, sending back to base or retention as evidence.

Works with all Drivers hours and Working Time Analysis Software.

Specification

Size

80 x 40 x 20mm

Weight

Approx 60g

Cable Lengths

Integral download cable – 200mm.

USB upload cable – 2m

Memory Card Capacity

2GBytes ready-formatted memory card supplied as standard.

Customisation

The Digidown illustrated in the images above carries the Lisle Design logo.
However, the Digidown can also be supplied with colours and logos to suit your company image.
The "Latest VU" download can also be altered to suit your needs.

Operations Manual

Digidown Videos

Digidown File Name Format

Each time a Digidown product saves a tachograph data file that file is given a name.
The format of this name is not specified in any EU tachograph regulations.
However the authorities in France and Spain have defined file name formats which must be used in
those countries. Elsewhere there is no specific requirement for any particular name format but
there are several commonly used name formats.